Leading London-based public law firm, Sharpe Pritchard, has represented the Isle of Wight Council in its successful Supreme Court appeal concerning prosecutions of parents who take their children out of school for term time holidays.
The Judgment in the case of Isle of Wight Council (Appellant) v Platt (Respondent) [2017], which was handed down today, concerned the meaning of the
A new management team has been appointed by the partnership at one of London’s leading firms of public law specialists on the retirement of its Senior Partner.
The new team is now in place at Sharpe Pritchard, with Alastair Lewis having been appointed as Senior Partner, Julia Rudin joining him as Managing Partner and Roseanne Serrelli as Strategy Partner. Meanwhile,
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Colin Ricciardiello, a partner in Sharpe Pritchard’s projects department, specialising in dispute resolution, has published a detailed briefing considering the implications of R (Wylde) & Others v. Waverley Borough Council in relation to the ability of non-economic operators to bring procurement challenges.
Colin Ricciardiello acted for Waverley Borough Council in relation to this matter.
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Sharpe Pritchard LLP, as part of a consortium with PwC, Howes Percival and Holman Fenwick Willan, has won a place on the Crown Commercial Services General Legal Panel as a Tier 1 Provider.
Alastair Lewis, incoming Senior Partner of Sharpe Pritchard LLP commented: “This is a marvellous achievement and a great example of a successful collaboration between four firms
Data protection anoraks across the European Union (myself proudly included) eagerly awoke on 1 January this year with only one thought in mind: next year the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into effect. After years of dialogue, tweaking, pondering and waiting, the GDPR will become applicable in the UK on 25 May 2018. Rejoice!
Although not everyone
